Improvement in hand-spinning-machine



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Letters Patent No. 74,115, datedl'ebruary 4, 1868.

IMPRGYIEMENT IN HAND-SPINNING-MAGHINE.

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Be it known that I, ED. MOORE, of' Edray,`in the county of Pocahontas,and State of West:l Virginia,

have invented a new and useful Improved Hand-Spinning Machine; and Idohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, .which will enable others skilled in' the arttomake and use 'the same, reference beiughad to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure lrepresents a side view of my improved spinning-machine. Figure 2 is adetail. -Figure 3, a plan ortoprview. Figure 4, a verticalcross-section, taken in the line x x, iig. `1. Y Figure 5,'a horizontalsection through a p'art of the machine, in the linc yy, iig. 3, showinga. detail. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in theconstruction offa machine for spinning yarns of wool or other fibre byhand, and consists in rthe combinatiomand arrangement of an ordinary rimspinningwheel mounted on Va bench, and banded to a driving-pulley withshifting-pulleys, a movable spindle-head` running back and forth-on atrack orway, and with reversiug-gear, whereby a person may sit at theside of the rimwheel and, by the reciprocating movements ofthe,spindle-head, while the rim--wheel is turned by hand, draw the coping,twist the yarn, and Wind it on the brooch, bya. repeated series ofoperations, and thus, with very little labor, accomplish much more workthan with the ordinary `spiuning-wheel, While the yarn will be ofsuperior quality, as respects the evenness and regularity of the twist.

A is a long bench, say fifteen' feet, for supporting the machinery,attlre right hand end of which, with regard to the operator', is placedthe rim-wheel B, hung iu a standard, a,'that is adjusted at the footbya. slide,

b, to regulate the tension of the band e, connecting the wheel with thedriving-pulley C hung in the middle of a spindle, d, having bearings inthe top 0l' the standards e c, on each side of the bench A. Ou the samespindle,

fd, are placed two loose pulleys, g g', one on each side of thedriving-pulley C, with and from which they are alternately engaged anddisengaged by clutches, h It', for giving different movements to thecarriage and spindle-.

head D, as hereinafter described.

E is a treadle, connected by-a cord, k, that runs over a pulley, 7c.,with a. long upright lever, l, pivoted at the lower end to the leg Fof'the bench, and at the upper part connected witha horizontal slide, m,that carries a rod, n, placed obliquely to the line of (its movement, sothat 'it works a transverse sli'de,'ml, back and forth to enga-ge anddisengage the pulleys g g', as required, by means of arms 4m2 m2fastened on -to those pulleystoperating the clutches h hf.'

At the left-hand en d of the bench are placed twostandards, c' in whichis hung a pulley, G. The stand lards z' c" are connected with the benchin'such amanner that they can be moved to regulate the Vtension of theband s s, which passesover the pulley Gfrom the pulleyg", and givesmotion to the spindle, as hereinafter described.4

Another standard, j, isA placed on the front side of the frame A, justforward of the standard z', which supports a. largevpulley, i

Onithe front side of the bench or main frame, A,is made fast verticallya broad board, I, the upper edge of which serves asa track for the twowheels o o of the spindle-head carriage J, while the lower edge of theboard serves as a guide-way for the arm p, extending dow'n from thecarriage D, to keep it in an upright position. The spindle-head Dsupports a'large driving-pulley, K, on theshaft of which isa smalldouble pulley, q,

I around which passes the baud s' s, that also passes under a smallpulley, r, directly below the pulley q, for the purpose of savingfrictionV and wear of the band. The pulley K is banded directly tothespindle t, which is to be so attached to the head that it may be movedto adjust the tension of the driving-band. The carriage K is lattachedto arband, s1, that passes over the pulleys g'and H, to give it motionback and forth on the way-board I. A square-toothed ratchet-Wheel, u, isplaced-ou the shaft of the pulley Gr, operated. by a latch-dog, u1,-

attached to a vertical slide-bar, o, Working in the front-standard z'.In the'lowcr end ofthe slide-bar'vs a pin, 3, that catches under the armw of a dog, w1, which-is fastened upon another vertical slide-bar, 'uworking inthe standard j. The slide-bar v1 is operated on by a longspring-hook, o2, that -is pivoted to the standard j, and catches againsta pin, 4, in the lower end of the slifle-bar el, to hold theslide-,barup whenit has been raised by Vthe incline 5, enabling the slide-bar toengage and disengage the dog witz-om a ratchet-wheel, a, placed oathsshaft of the' pulley Hfto operate as hereinafter describedf On the sameshaft, bythe side of the ratchet-whcel u2, is placed a check-pulley, x,that is banded to a pin, y, that is set in the upper endot` a slide-har,n3, that also works vertically in the faceof the standard 3f, and isheid down by a spring, a', at the lower end, or by a weight that may behung toit, in order to act onthe check-pulley zc, as hereinafterdescribed. A slotted bar, z, is sus# pounded. at its upper end to thepin yin-the slide-bar as, and its lower slotted or forked end works upona pizuy,

set in the end of along horizontal slide-bar, vf, that runs along thelower edge of the way-board I, and is connected at its forward endto thelonglever Z, Afrom which it receives motion to operate the machinerypreviously described. 0n the face of the way-board I are set theguard-stop-pins 1 2, to hold the carriageJ stationary at each end of-its traverse movement. i

A ratchet-wheel, ua, is Vplaced on the shaft d, on t-he'side of thepulley g', acted on by a spring-dogwz, tig. 4, to prevent the pulleyfrom turning to the left whendisengaged from the drawing-pulley C.

Theoperation'of this machine is as follows: The spinner sits in front ofthe rim-wheel B, with one foot on the treadleE, using the right hand toturn the wheel, in the usual way, and the left hand to manage the yarn.Turning the wheel slowly to the right, 'theAcarriage J' being upto theforward limit of its movement, the roll'of wool is attached to thespindle t, after which the treadle is gently pressed to draw the leverZi'orward to thc vright, carrying with it the slidemand the diagonal rodn for disengaging the pulley glfrom the driving-pulley (3,.car1ying itagainst the spring-degni,- to stop the'pulley g' 'and prevent it fromturning to the left, while at the same time' the pulleyg engages thedriving-.pulley C. The forward movement Vot' the lever Z also draws-theslide-bar v* forward at the same time, by which the slotted bar z ismoved, in such a'. manner that it raises the vertical slide-bari?, andreleases the check-wheel fc, allowing thereby free movementto the pulleyH, and con I sequently also gives motion to the carriage J', which movesb ack to the left'on the way-board 1 by the piilling. 'action o theban-dr1 that passes over the pulleys Hg, andvis fastened at both en ds`to thecxarriage.k As the carriage travels back, for rdrawingthe roping,the spindle receives a gentle motion from the pulley g, that travelsover the stationary band s, thereby giving also to the roiping a slighttwisting while it is' drawn. But, as' the carriage J'a'pproache's itsstation to the left hand of the machine, it rever'ses'the lever Z, bymeans of a check line, s2, which connects the lever and the carriage,thus'drawing the slide mback toA disengage the pulley g and engage thepulley g with the driving-pulley C. The.car'riagestandsstiil at itsleft-hand4 station long enough to twist the yarn by the acceleratedmotion-of the spindle, imparted by the revolution ofthe pulley g', sosoon as it is engaged. While the thread is twisting, the latch at1 ofthevsquare-toothed ratchet-wheel u is in position to the right, but, assoon as the thread i's twisted enough, aslight 'backward-motion isnecessary to back the thread down on the breach ready to be taken up.-This movement, which `is accomplished by the operator turning the wheelB slightly in the opposite direction, carries the latch u1 over to theleft side of the ratehct wheel, `thus raising the sliding bar v, towhich'the latch is attached,l and bringing thepiu 3 at the lower end ofthe sliding bar up against the arm w of the dog w, releasing lit fromthe ratchet-wheel u2, when at the same time the vertical slide-bar nlis-raised suiciently to let'the spring-hook v112 catch'under Vthe pin 4,at the lower end of the slide-bar, and keep the dog 'w1 clear of theratchet-wheel a2, while the carriage moves again to the right. Thecarriage is drawn tothe right by 'the tensionof the thread. 'So soon asthe gearing is thus,` again changed, and the horizontal slide lu4is-moved to the right, the pin 5, on the left end of the slide-bar,catches against the lower end of the spring-hoolt o2, carrying itl od'to the right, disconnecting it from the pin 4, which then rests upon theend of the slide a, where it remains until'another movement of the slide'u4 to the left allows the vertical slide o? to fall, when the pawl wlis brought into connection with the ratchet uh The carriage is then inits first vposition again, and the operation is repeated. I I

Having thus 'described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosccure'by Letters Pat-ent, is 1. The combination of the pulleysg g, therod-a, the slide m, with the upright's m2, the vlever Z, and `thetreadle E, arranged and operating substantially as and 'for the purposesherein described. i v

p2. 4Theslide-bar a4,l operated by the lever Z, in, combination with theslotted swing-bar zand the spring-hook v2, arranged and operating as andfor the purposes set forth.

3. The ratchetwheelua and spring-dog zo?, combined with the pulley g",and operating substantially-as and for the purpose specified.

The combination of the horizontal slidingbar v, the slottedv swing-barz, the vertical slide o3, and the check-pulley x, arranged andoperatingsubstantially as and for the purposes herein described.

5. The squ'areftootiied ratchet-wheel u, the dog uhthe slide-bar v, thedog-w1, the slide-bar u1, ythe springhook v2, 'and the .slide-bar o4,combined and operatingsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6i The ch'eclipulley x, the slide v3, the spring a', and 'the slottedbar z, or its equivalent, combined and operated as and for-the purposespecified.

The above specification 'of my invention signed by me, this 31st day ofJuly, 1867. 4

, F. D. MOORE. Witnesses z Grossa P, Moena, JAMES Autumn-eu.

